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Ryze as botlane carry in the League of Warmogs.

Ryze, as we all know, is a lategame magic damage spell machine gun, who builds tank items and Muramana to gain incredible damage on his spells.

I propose that, in the current meta, Ryze would make a viable botlane carry, with a (non-nunu) support to protect his weak early game as he focuses on farming up his tear and his RoA. Ryze uniquely brings a instant-cast non-skillshot snare to the lane, allowing him near immunity to melee junglers (assuming wards were placed) and the ability to punish harassing supports who overextend. In comparison to a normal AD carry, he trades the sustain of Lifesteal for the innate tankyness of his build, which includes an early RoA for health.

Traditionally, this has been considered unviable for the same reason AP mid was so entrenched- proper balance of magic and physical damage. But in the League of Warmogs, physical and magic damage matter less than how much you can do in the time you have.

I'm not saying he's OP in this role, but I think it would be interesting to see how this works out.

Ryze can switch his playstyle a bit. Gan go Muramana or the other one which I don't remember the name and can build Iceborn Gauntlet (if you go the muramana route) instead of Frozen Heart. Less armor but more mana and the proc can come in handy.

you could easily balance this out by sending a varus or cait mid so you still have both a good source of ap and ad damage, i dont see why this wouldnt work, at the very least youd be able to get a few of those shock and awe wins just because people dont know what to do